NEW! Download a PDF sampler of the first three titles!
Inexplicably, you find yourself at a new Kickstarter project. This one appears to be for a series of 10 multi-path e-books in easy English.
Fully illustrated... in color... by experienced authors... great rewards... "Hm... it sounds too good to be true," you say to yourself. "Maybe it's a trap?"
You hesitate. What if you click that pledge button, only to find yourself suddenly trampled to death by an angry herd of rampaging rhinoceros? Can you take that chance?
If you choose to learn more about the Atama-ii series, scroll down.
If you would rather risk the rhinoceros herd, click on any reward.
In the distance, you hear the herd of rhinoceros heading toward some other unsuspecting Kickstarter campaign. Those poor suckers, you think. If only they weren't stuck in such a linear narrative!
The Atama-ii Books series is being developed from the ground up by authors and teachers who are passionate about reading--and about having fun.
The stories combine all the enjoyment of traditional 2nd-person multi-path stories with the accessible language that developing readers need, all in a high-quality package that appeals to adults as well as to adventurous kids.
Atama-ii means "smart" in Japanese. We chose this name because we believe that the choice-making aspect of interactive fiction is a great way to foster critical thinking, and because reading itself is an activity which makes us smarter.
And, okay--also because Atama-ii Books makes a nice pun on "e-books"!
1. Produced by an experienced team of writers and editors. The Atama-ii team includes the series editor and several adaptation writers from the Choose Your Own Adventure graded reader series by McGraw-Hill. Collectively, we have hundreds of professionally published materials under our belts and tens of thousands of hours teaching reading in the classroom. Check out our bios below.
2. Stories that are easy--but not dumbed down. The language level of the series is suitable for beginners, yet it's never insulting to their intelligence; this is definitely not "see Spot run" level stuff. Likewise, the story plots are easy to follow, yet interesting enough to engage readers of any age from 10 to 100. Our guiding principle is to make things simple, not simplistic.
3. Beautiful, full color illustrations on every facing page. Our illustrator, Alice Carroll, is a talented and experienced artist. However, the art isn't merely for decoration; its real purpose is to help less-than-fluent readers understand and follow along the events of the story. Each illustration is carefully considered to make the story clearer.
4. A consistent structure. All titles follow the same strict pagination and branching guidelines, as illustrated below. This will not matter for individual readers, but it is helpful to teachers who might want to base group reading or discussion activities around the stories.
5. Pedagogically sound. Our authors are all especially committed to the idea of Extensive Reading. ER is an approach in English language teaching in which learners are encouraged to read massive amounts of text, but at an easy level and on topics and genres of interest to them. This way they not only develop fluent reading skills, but they also learn to enjoy reading, becoming lifelong autonomous learners over time.
Here's a link to a PDF sampler of the first three titles.
If you are a teacher who already uses ER or graded readers in the classroom, the Atama-ii Books series will fit into your program at about the 300 headword and 2,500 running-word level (comparable to Oxford or Cambridge Starters, or to Penguin Easystarts).
If you are not a teacher, or don't know what any of this means, don't worry--you don't need to. Our stories are just as much fun to read outside of a reading program!
We have a team of authors already at work. We have all the big editorial decisions made. We have our production workflow set out. We even have one or two stories just about finished.
Because illustration, layout, and various production costs come to about $1,000 per title. If we meet our $10,000 goal, it means that we will be able to produce ten titles throughout most of 2014.
The plan is to launch the first three titles on January 1st, then one per month after that. By the end of 2014, we hope that the series will have become self-sustaining. If that happens, we will continue producing new titles indefinitely.
Your support will help us to get that first run of ten titles out the door!
Here's some of the industry media attention we've gotten so far. If you have a blog post or news item we missed, please let us know.
Marcos Benevides is a teacher, writer, and editor of English language teaching materials. His most recent role was as series editor and lead adaptation writer for McGraw-Hill's Choose Your Own Adventure (*) graded readers, a project which he initiated and steered from concept to implementation.
Over the years, Marcos has written for publishers big and small, and even picked up a couple of big industry awards along the way. Below at right, he is pictured accepting an award from HRH Prince Philip at Buckingham Palace in 2010, for his co-authored book Fiction in Action: Whodunit (Abax). Whodunit was the first commercial ELT book published under a Creative Commons license.
Whodunit also received the British Council "ELTon" Award in 2011, becoming only the second title ever to win both awards. In the ELT biz, that's like winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes... and then the Academy Award for Best Picture as well!
Marcos has learned a lot from writing for publishers over the years, but he has also come to realize that he can do more, better, and faster on his own. The Atama-ii Book series is his first foray into 'indie' publishing.
(*) Yes, adapted from THAT Choose Your Own Adventure!
Our author team includes many experienced authors and teachers from around the world. At the moment, we have stories in production by Andy Boon (Discover the News textbook, various graded readers), Mark Firth (Choose Your Own Adventure graded readers), Ramy Habeeb (founder, Kotobarabia publishing house), Lesley Ito (We Can! series; Choose Your Own Adventure graded readers), Ted O'Neill (Choose Your Own Adventure graded readers), Paul Raine (TEFL Journey blog), Chris Valvona (Widgets: A task-based course in practical English; Choose Your Own Adventure graded readers), and more.
Would YOU like to write for us? Contact Marcos for our submissions guidelines.
Alice Carroll studied linguistics and Japanese language at university, but has since then followed her other passion to become a professional illustrator. Her major clients have included the Australian National University, National Portrait Gallery, and art marketplace Redbubble.
Most recently, she illustrated the story-based Question Quest language card game (R.I.C. Publications), which involved imagining an entire fantasy world and cast of characters, and producing hundreds of detailed color drawings.
We think her portfolio really speaks for itself!
$2 to $20: Just the e-books, and our thanks!
$50: All e-books + 1 signed limited edition printed book + 1 original signed illustration + acknowledgement as a supporter. Best no-frills option!
$75: For teachers. All of the above + a classroom license for 10 devices.
Regarding the classroom licenses: If you are not a teacher and don't need them, why not donate them to a teacher friend, or a school in your area?
OK, let's be serious for a moment.
The educational publishing industry is going through some big changes. Some are pretty exciting, such as the new tools afforded by technologies like tablet computing, social networking, and crowd-funding sites like Kickstarter. Other changes, however, are not so good.
Some corporate publishers are taking this opportunity to 'streamline' their business models. It means they are switching to a top-down model of production from the traditional partnership model that authors used to enjoy. In many cases, this cancels out the creative role of the author, and creates a new class of paid-by-the-word materials writer who is not necessarily committed to the quality of the finished product. This approach also threatens to kill off smaller and medium-sized projects--much like a switch to 3D mega-blockbusters has essentially killed off small big-studio movies.
Educational materials have been big business for a while, but now many corporate publishers are being rewarded with massive contracts for hundreds of millions of dollars to standardize curricula and 'assessment solutions' for short-sighted boards of education around the world. The industry feeding frenzy around the new Common Core standards in the U.S. is just one example of this. Simply Google "Pearson" and "Texas" to see what we mean.
We believe education cannot be standardized, and that it benefits from committed individual teachers and materials writers who are fairly compensated and believe in what they do. That is why we are launching Atama-ii Books, and why we pledge to offer uncompromised quality and the best compensation rates in the industry. Because we care, and because we want our creative team to care too.
Our aim is to provide a space where educators can create and innovate, sharing in both the risks and the rewards of their efforts. Because that, not streamlined corporate profits, is what can ultimately benefit learners.
If you are an aspiring author, write for us. Or simply support this Kickstarter project. Let's show the educational materials industry that there is a better way, where everyone--especially learners--can win!
As things stand now, we have three stories just about finished and ready for illustration. Several others are in various stages of completion. In fact, we're actually a little ahead of schedule, only slowed down by the cost of getting the books ready for publication.
The potential risks we foresee include authors missing deadlines, illustrations taking longer than expected, or unforeseen difficulties in the layout, printing, or distribution processes. However, based on our past experience with many other projects, we're confident we've got a solid plan and contingencies set out.
We have also researched many other Kickstarter publishing projects in preparation, and it seems that the gamebook genre (or "interactive fiction", "pick-a-path", "choose your own..." etc.) has been doing fairly well. So, cautious optimism there.
In the very worst case scenario, perhaps a title or two could be delayed by a couple of months; however, at this point, we feel there's very little chance the whole project could fall apart.


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Stella StageCoach: Band of Rogues
Monica April 3, 2013
The summer heat has arrived and what better way to celebrate it than with chill folk melodies. Released May 2012, Stella StageCoach�s A Band of Rogues is a soundtrack compilation to the feature-length film which carries the same title.
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Peter Anthony Red: The Projectionist
Monica January 6, 2013
Be the first ones to listen to Peter Anthony Red�s debut album The Projectionist released last June 26. As stated in his bandcamp page, this conceptual EP follows a short, yet powerful narrative of a forgotten man working through the emotional roller coaster of a breakdown and subsequent search for personal reinvention. Peter Anthony Red is the moniker for QN5 founder Tonedeffs�s latest musical project. This singing-based EP boasts five tracks that will surely make fans crave for its forthcoming full-length album entitled Hyperrealism.
Awake! Awake!: New Prime – Episode 5 Soundtrack
Valerie December 13, 2012
Making their second appearance here in the Frostclick blog is�Murfreesboro, TN group, Awake! Awake! Their first album, We've Been Strangers, was released back in 2007 and was a haven of infectious riffs and indie rock goodness. This time around, they're not only brandishing a deeper, more mental sound; they're also playing it in support of Olan Rogers' short film series, New Prime.
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The Symphony of Science: Collector's Edition
Valerie August 15, 2012
Occasionally, you'll come across really unusual albums online that you can't help but be fascinated with them. The Symphony of Science is one of these records. Taking a clue from the title alone, you can tell it's gonna be a geeky and quirky ride. The idea behind the record is to bring "scientific knowledge and philosophy to the public, in a novel way." Spearheaded by John D. Boswell, he initially released the experimental collaboration on video. Combining lectures and essays with a mix of electronic melodies, he created a unique record that's not only enjoyable but also quite enlightening.
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MIT Choir: Carl Orff's Carmina Burana
Originating from 1230 AD, the Carmina Burana is a set of medieval manuscripts consisting of 254 poems and dramatic text. It was an epic piece of text that was created by theological students mainly to satirize the church. Most of the works centered on subjects such as wealth, the nature of life, financial abuses, joy of Springtime and even the pleasure and perils of drinking. The Carmina Burata was translated into an beautiful cantata by German composer, Carl Orff in 1937. The composer's version of the Carmina is now available as a free download right on FMA. Performed by none other than the MIT Orchestra under the direction of Dr. William Cutter (2006.) This is a great piece of classical/medieval music brought to life in these modern times.
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Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross: The Social Network Soundtrack
Kademlia September 20, 2010
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have scored David Fincher's new film "The Social Network". You can download a FREE five-track EP of music from the film RIGHT HERE. Various configurations of the complete soundtrack are also available for pre-order at the above link. The Social Network soundtrack will be released digitally on Tuesday September 28th with physical formats to follow in October.
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Free Machinarium Bonus EP – best flash game soundrack in years
Kademlia March 19, 2010
Machinarium is a amazingly simple, yet extremely entertaining point-and-click game created by a Czech independent studio Amanita Design. It's genius comes from sleek & interesting graphics design, smart and engaging puzzle-solving levels and a really relaxing and one of a kind soundtrack. Both the game and the soundtrack are for sale on Machinarium's website, but the studio released a 5-track bonus EP as a free download to the game's fans.
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posted to Newson January 25, 2016 by Jodi
Charla Gummerson – The Untold Story
As I sat in the White Chapel Funeral Home on December 27th and looked around, they were all there – family, friends, relatives, co-workers, dart players, pool players and so many more. All there to say goodbye to Charla. She had touched the lives of many people in many different ways and Father Enright was there to share all of that with us. I thought when he was finished we would have a chance to tell our stories and reflect on how Charla impacted our lives. After all, other than the Gummerson family, who knew Charla any better than I. We spent 35 years working together. Well the service ended and no stories were told. They were supposed to be shared at the Hibernian Club over dinner and drinks. That didn't happen and I realized I missed my opportunity.
The Untold Story
It was almost 40 years to the day that I came to Auburn in December 1975. My family purchased Stanton Automatics from Pearl Stanton. Our work force consisted of Rollie Stanton (Pearl's son), Gene Hosier (Rollie's father-in-law), Dick Howland (Rick's dad) and John Matsen (Mr. fix it). My experience was in vending not games and music so it was definitely a rough start for me. After a few months I started to get the hang of it and settled in. One of our best accounts was The Grill in Union Springs. For those of you who don't know The Grill, it is no longer there but was located next to the Indian Gas Station where the car wash now stands. I mention The Grill because that is where I first met Charla's brother Lance. His blue Chevy convertible was usually traveling about 40 mph when it entered the stone parking lot at The Grill. It didn't take long to get to know Lance and realize he was the driving force behind The Grill. It didn't take me long to realize this is the kind of guy I need to hire. Within a few months he was working for Stanton Automatics and not only did he know everybody in Union Springs but also in Aurora, Port Byron, Weedsport and Auburn.
Things started getting busier at Stanton Automatics. We started a pool league, the video game boom came along (Pac Man, Asteroids etc.) and then this stupid looking dart machine (that you threw plastic darts at) showed up. ENTER CHARLA GUMMERSON.
Lance suggested we hire his sister to take care of the details that came with running leagues. At the time she was working the cafeteria at Red Star or GE during lunch and helping her mother cook at the Haufbrau evenings.
Charla started by working afternoons for a few hours each day taking care of whatever needed to be done. Counting money, doing bank deposits, writing checks, answering the phones, compiling pool scores, typing schedules, updating standings, making copies – you name it and it got done. One thing I learned early on was Charla's ability to connect with whoever was on the other end of the phone. She had a way with people.
Pool and dart leagues were becoming the back bone of our company. Before we knew it we were running dart leagues in Auburn, Elbridge, Weedsport, Oswego, Sodus, Waterloo, Seneca Falls, Union Springs and Aurora. For every league that meant setting up meetings, collecting team rosters, doing schedules, score sheets, collecting dues, compiling results, party dates and locations, payouts and trophies. All that inside work fell directly on Charla's shoulders.
I will never forget the day Charla came to me and said "Do you think we could buy a computer? I'll figure out how to run it." I'm glad I said yes. She worked long and hard figuring it all out. It didn't matter how early I got to work or how late I stayed at night, she was there making sure everything was right. People would call saying their score was one point off and when Charla got off the phone I would suggest she tell them to "get a life" and she would tell me to please let her handle it. I'm glad I did.
Thirty plus years of organizing pool and dart leagues is a monumental task but for Charla it wasn't a task at all, it was just a part of her daily routine. Then there is the New York State Dart Tournament. It started 28 years ago at The Winners Circle on a Saturday afternoon with 40 people. Now it is a 4 day event at the Holiday Inn Waterloo every April with over 1000 people and 3500 entries. And guess who has been at the registration desk every day every year…Charla.
There is a lot more to Stanton Automatics than just pool and dart leagues (although you may not think that by reading this). Charla Gummerson wore many hats for Stanton Automatics and the pool and dart hat was just one of them. We are a much different company today than we were 40 years ago due in a large part to the employees of Stanton Automatics, especially Charla Gummerson.
Charla, you had my back for 35 years – who could ask for more. JOB WELL DONE.
Mitchell Tourney 2016
Another successful Mitchell Memorial Pool Tournament! Thank you to everyone who played and Congratulations to our winners. A Division: Billy Webster, B Division Chad Garrigan and Womens Division: Brandy Lundy.
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posted to Newson January 6, 2016 by Jodi
There are way too many complaints about improper behavior during darts and punching of boards. This is unacceptable so it leaves us no choice but to turn on the camera feature on the dart boards. Matches will be video recorded and if we get a complaint they will be reviewed and appropriate action will be taken. Let's all remember darts is supposed to be fun and we all need to act like ladies and gentlemen!!!
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A group of professional and graduate student friends are spearheading Gawad Kalinga's biggest benefit aimed at young professionals in NYC.
The first event, Octoberfest, is on October 17 at the Gin Mill on the Upper West Side. The culminationof the efforts ends with NY Cruise on Friday, October 24 on board the Paddlewheel Queen docking off East 23 Rd and FDR at 7 pm. The NYC Cruise will use decor made by GK's Livelihood Programs.
For New York/New Jersey residents, or those visiting the New York City area around this time, hope you can make it! For information on purchasing tickets, please contact: Maan Cruz at maancruz@yahoo.com or contact Jonah de Lumen at +646 201 0019 or Cathy Abella at +917 575 7525.


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by Richard Wottrich | Dec 31, 2017 | Featured Case Studies, Global Networking
Space Shuttle Discovery LI-900 silica tiles – Hold on! It's going to be a bumpy ride.
By Richard L. Wottrich, Senior Consultant, International Services
There are shadows in 2018 that are contradictory.
Central banks are turning off the stimulus spigots at an excruciatingly slow pace. Yet the entire U.S. yield curve is flattening and a steep credit market correction is in the cards. A Danish energy company just issued a 1,000-year bond with a maturity date of 3017, and some corporations are selling negative interest rate bonds. Global stock markets are at record highs, yet extraordinarily low volatility across most asset classes belies investor worries.
Total global debt has topped 325 percent of total GDP as government sovereign debt jumps past $63 trillion [Pew Research Center analysis of International Monetary Fund data]. China's shadow banking assets grew more than 20 percent in 2016 to 64 trillion yuan ($9.8 trillion), equivalent to 86.5 percent of GDP. The U.S. unemployment rate has fallen to a 50-year low, yet wages have hardly budged. And Congress just passed a corporate tax bill that blows a hole in the U.S. budget.
Yet no one seems to be concerned. As Alfred E. Neuman said, "What me worry?"
What are the "Black Swan" risks and events that could cause this 'Alice in Wonderland' world to collapse. Or is that just foolish worry. Has exploding technology taken the risk out of humanity's endeavors? This is our take on plausible Black Swan risks on the horizon.
Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Event
Governments are concerned about North Korea's burgeoning nuclear weapons program. We however are far more concerned about their ability to create an EMP event, which would detonate a nuclear device in the atmosphere over the United States. This would cause catastrophic damage to the nation's electricity grid and server farms, resulting in long-term, national power and Internet outages.
You will note that North Korea's recent intercontinental missile tests go far higher than necessary to deliver a conventional nuclear weapon. But they are just right to deliver an EMP device. North Korea famously has an almost nonexistent electrical grid, which means they are somewhat impervious to an EMP counter attack.
But such an EMP device need not reach the U.S. South Korea is the twelfth largest GDP in the world at $1.5 trillion. Exploding an EMP over Seoul would throw its economy into chaos and rock markets worldwide. Or detonating an EMP over Tokyo would throw the third largest GDP in the world into a tailspin that would demand an immediate counterattack by the U.S. We would be in world war three.
2018 Probability – .37%
Nano Drone Terrorism
The proximate cause of modern terrorism was the coupling of international commercial airlines and smart phones. Suddenly anything was reachable and possible.
Today we are facing the development of inexpensive Nano drones, posing the question, "How can military or security forces cope with swarms of tiny intelligent Nano drones skimming but inches above land or a body of water?"
Imagine if you will a barge loaded with ubiquitous yellow rubbish containers moving slowly up the River Thames through London. One of these containers could be filled with 500,000 Nano insect drones. At an appointed time, a terrorist utilizing a GPS controller and a cell phone could remotely activate aerosols that fill the container with Anthrax spores. The container top could then be opened remotely as the Nano insect drones are activated. With a light wind blowing the Nano cloud of drones could be widely dispersed across London. Even if just five percent of the drones find human targets the potential for 25,000 drone disease agents making contact in a densely populated city is quite high. This is the unknown danger of drone technology in the wrong hands.
Tactical Nuclear Weapon Detonation
Pakistan today has the world's fastest growing nuclear stockpile with over 100 nuclear weapons, according to a report published in 2015. The production of its nuclear stockpile has been associated with an unusual feature: most nuclear warheads produced by Pakistan in the last decade are thought to be low-yield tactical weapons.
It has been speculated for years that small tactical nuclear weapons could fall into the hands of terrorists. Pakistan has faced some devastating attacks on its defense apparatus by jihadists in the past decade or so. This internal chaos, coupled with perpetual tensions with its eastern neighbor, India, makes Pakistan the most dangerous Black Swan in the world.
A tactical low yield nuclear weapon could, for example, be smuggled aboard a freighter and then detonated five miles offshore of Tel Aviv. Estimated casualties could be as high as 10,000, plus the dynamic effects of a tsunami battering 50 miles of coastline. What could we expect Israel to do in retaliation?
These examples are just riffs on the theme of terrorism. The fact is, most Black Swan events are unimagined, or as Donald Rumsfeld famously said, "Unknown unknowns." And more disturbingly, most Black Swan events are the culmination of an unimagined series of unrelated events that cascade into catastrophe.
Cascading Black Swan Events
Imagine a unique electrical vault failure under Manhattan that shuts down electronic trading on Wall Street. North Korea, sensing an opening, triggers an EMP event over Tokyo that shuts down Japan's electrical grid for 48-hours. While losses cascade across global markets, credit markets freeze up, causing most trading floors to shut down. Now enters the unknown unknown – Iran decides this is a good time to drop a nuclear weapon on Israel. Armageddon.
Farfetched? Perhaps. But in order to plan for unforeseen Black Swan events we need to first imagine them:
Include rather than exclude.
Accept that the improbable will occur, and that the effects may be wide-reaching and not now fully understood.
Understand as much as possible about the conditions under which these improbable effects will become visible.
Define those conditions where cascading effects will occur – trace these linkages through the social fabric to know where the breaks will occur – especially when the impact seems minor at first, so that you can identify it as early as possible
Be alert to gathering evidence that the situation is growing much worse very quickly in multiple areas.
Our Prediction
Our prediction regarding possible cascading Black Swan events in 2018 is quite simple:
FED overshoots – ECB runs out of ammunition – China's Shadow Debt crashes
There you have it – Global Financial Meltdown.
2018 Probability – 5.00%
As Alice said in Alice in Wonderland, "I see nobody on the road." The King replies, "I only wish I had such eyes; to be able to see Nobody! And at that distance too! Why, it's as much as I can do to see real people,"
Richard Wottrich, Blog Author – richard.wottrich@gmail.com


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Illness memoirs from noncelebrities often get lost in the stacks. This one deserves greater attention.
THERE I AM
THE JOURNEY FROM HOPELESSNESS TO HEALING: A MEMOIR
by Ruthie Lindsey ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 21, 2020
A speaker and podcast host chronicles her excruciating battles with chronic pain—and the inability of doctors to properly address it.
In the first few chapters of her debut, Unspoken host Lindsey explores her childhood and adolescence as part of a loving Christian family in Louisiana. Though largely undramatic, her experiences are interesting enough to keep the pages turning. She stood apart from her peers in several ways: her stature (at 13, she was "six feet tall and barely a hundred pounds"), determination to remain celibate until marriage, abstinence from alcohol and drugs, and massive popularity at school, where her father was a well-loved principal. The chief attraction of the opening chapters derives from the author's pleasing sentences, evocative of carefree youth. During her senior year in high school, she was in a serious car accident. Though her passenger and the person driving the other vehicle emerged mostly unscathed, Lindsey suffered a crushed spleen as well as a broken neck and ribs that punctured her lungs. At the hospital, doctors estimated a 5% chance of survival and 1% chance of walking again. But the author overcame the odds after spinal surgery. Less than a year later, she graduated on time and left home for college. However, both the physical and psychological pain were relentless—and amply described by Lindsey, which sometimes makes for difficult reading. After years of pain management suggested by physicians, pharmacists, dear friends, and always compassionate family members, the author finally learned the primary medical reason for the unrelenting pain. But the apparent corrective barely helped. For the remainder of the memoir, consistently readable and inspirational, Lindsey keeps readers in suspense about whether she will be able to fully enjoy her life. At the end, the author addresses readers directly and asks them to focus on healing what is broken in their own lives.
Publisher: Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster
Categories: GENERAL BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR | BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR | SELF-HELP | SURVIVORS & ADVENTURERS
Doyle offers another lucid, inspiring chronicle of female empowerment and the rewards of self-awareness and renewal.
by Glennon Doyle ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 10, 2020
More life reflections from the bestselling author on themes of societal captivity and the catharsis of personal freedom.
In her third book, Doyle (Love Warrior, 2016, etc.) begins with a life-changing event. "Four years ago," she writes, "married to the father of my three children, I fell in love with a woman." That woman, Abby Wambach, would become her wife. Emblematically arranged into three sections—"Caged," "Keys," "Freedom"—the narrative offers, among other elements, vignettes about the soulful author's girlhood, when she was bulimic and felt like a zoo animal, a "caged girl made for wide-open skies." She followed the path that seemed right and appropriate based on her Catholic upbringing and adolescent conditioning. After a downward spiral into "drinking, drugging, and purging," Doyle found sobriety and the authentic self she'd been suppressing. Still, there was trouble: Straining an already troubled marriage was her husband's infidelity, which eventually led to life-altering choices and the discovery of a love she'd never experienced before. Throughout the book, Doyle remains open and candid, whether she's admitting to rigging a high school homecoming court election or denouncing the doting perfectionism of "cream cheese parenting," which is about "giving your children the best of everything." The author's fears and concerns are often mirrored by real-world issues: gender roles and bias, white privilege, racism, and religion-fueled homophobia and hypocrisy. Some stories merely skim the surface of larger issues, but Doyle revisits them in later sections and digs deeper, using friends and familial references to personify their impact on her life, both past and present. Shorter pieces, some only a page in length, manage to effectively translate an emotional gut punch, as when Doyle's therapist called her blooming extramarital lesbian love a "dangerous distraction." Ultimately, the narrative is an in-depth look at a courageous woman eager to share the wealth of her experiences by embracing vulnerability and reclaiming her inner strength and resiliency.
Publisher: Dial Books
Categories: GENERAL BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR | BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR | SELF-HELP
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An engrossing memoir as well as a lively treatise on what extraordinary grace under extraordinary pressure looks like.
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by Michelle Obama ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 13, 2018
The former first lady opens up about her early life, her journey to the White House, and the eight history-making years that followed.
It's not surprising that Obama grew up a rambunctious kid with a stubborn streak and an "I'll show you" attitude. After all, it takes a special kind of moxie to survive being the first African-American FLOTUS—and not only survive, but thrive. For eight years, we witnessed the adversity the first family had to face, and now we get to read what it was really like growing up in a working-class family on Chicago's South Side and ending up at the world's most famous address. As the author amply shows, her can-do attitude was daunted at times by racism, leaving her wondering if she was good enough. Nevertheless, she persisted, graduating from Chicago's first magnet high school, Princeton, and Harvard Law School, and pursuing careers in law and the nonprofit world. With her characteristic candor and dry wit, she recounts the story of her fateful meeting with her future husband. Once they were officially a couple, her feelings for him turned into a "toppling blast of lust, gratitude, fulfillment, wonder." But for someone with a "natural resistance to chaos," being the wife of an ambitious politician was no small feat, and becoming a mother along the way added another layer of complexity. Throw a presidential campaign into the mix, and even the most assured woman could begin to crack under the pressure. Later, adjusting to life in the White House was a formidable challenge for the self-described "control freak"—not to mention the difficulty of sparing their daughters the ugly side of politics and preserving their privacy as much as possible. Through it all, Obama remained determined to serve with grace and help others through initiatives like the White House garden and her campaign to fight childhood obesity. And even though she deems herself "not a political person," she shares frank thoughts about the 2016 election.
Pub Date: Nov. 13, 2018
Publisher: Crown
Review Posted Online: Nov. 30, 2018
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On Science – First Gravitational Lens Study
1-7-14: On this episode of On Science, NASA performs the first gamma ray study of gravitational lens ever, see how astronauts sleep when in space, and motor companies like GM, Honda, etc are teaming up with Google to update car software technology.
What's sprinkling dust all over our universe?
How do astronauts keep an out-of-this world sleep schedule?
What's going to be the latest addition to your dashboard in 2014?
And does living longer mean living better? Coming up today.. On Science!
Hello and welcome to On Science. I'm Emerald Robinson.
NASA has conducted the first ever gamma-ray study of a gravitational lens. This phenomenon is created when a galaxy or other massive object bends and amplifies light heading toward an observer from a more distant source. Researchers used NASA's Fermi gamma-ray observatory in low-Earth orbit to collect data by observing gamma ray flares from a source 4.35 billion light years away from Earth. The source known as B0218+357, is an active galaxy known as a blazar, that has a supermassive black hole in the middle, spirals inward and occasionally blasts billions of jet particles traveling close to the speed of light. Before the light reaches the Earth, it travels through a spiral galaxy about 4 billion light years away and bends into different paths. Scientists had to use radio and optical telescopes to monitor these dual images, as Fermi's LAT could not. Through their observations, they found that gamma ray waves lasted one day longer than the one seen for radio observations and that gamma-ray flares and their playback show brightness, unlike the radio waves. The study provided new details on the workings of black hole jets and could help to establish new guides on important cosmological measures in the future.
Tell me…how does one get to sleep when there are 16 sunrises and sunsets every 24 hours? That could definitely pose a problem for your circadian rhythm. ESA is working on helping astronauts at the International Space Station get a good night's sleep. Here are the three keys for an out-of-this-world night's sleep in space. Number 1-scheduling. Crew members keep a tight schedule of 10 working hours max followed by 8 hours of sleep. Secondly, they abide by a regular eating schedule and relaxation periods. And finally, they work a Monday through Friday week with maintenance Saturdays and rest on Sundays. Sounds like it's all about scheduling! But in the event that they do get off schedule, they go for nature's sleep aid—melatonin. Go to sleep, go to sleep, got to sleep little astronaut….. (will find music for this).
There's a lot of space news today! And I love it. New observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array telescope, or ALMA, might explain why galaxies are so dusty. Seems like supernovas could be to blame. Observations of a supernova explosion 168,000 light-years from Earth show freshly formed dust in its remains. Astronomers say if this dust is able to make it out to interstellar space, then it may explain how galaxies become dusty. This is the first time researchers have really been able to image where the dust has formed. They believe that gas cooling after the explosion forms large amounts of molecules and dust as atoms of oxygen, carbon and silicon. With this particular supernova, it now contains 25% of the mass of our Sun in newly formed dust. These findings could help explain the formation of galaxies.
And here's the latest in the evolution of automobile technology. Google is teaming up with General Motors, Audi, Honda and Hyundai to bring Android operating systems to cars in 2014. The partnership is called the Open Auto Alliance and they say their goal is to make driving "safer, easier and more enjoyable." The dashboard Android-powered computer would allow drivers to access email, apps, and music from their smartphone directly from their dashboard with most likely a voice recognition system to allow hands-free control. The system will also feature GPS navigation. Though Google made the announcement at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas this week, they're not the only ones trying to get in on the car-software action. Apple has already announced deals with BMW, Daimler, Mercedes and Honda, while Microsoft and Ford have had a close partnership for years.
And does living longer, mean living better as well? Not necessarily says the CDC. Federal health officials recently reported that Americans are living longer than ever and that life expectancy is increasing every year. People born in 2009 can expect to live 78.5 years thanks to better treatment of cardiovascular disease says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report also revealed that life expectancy has risen across gender and race for the last 50 years. But one expert said there are "some dark clouds swirling around the silver lining of data." A recent analysis by the Institute of Medicine suggests that this increase in life span is not matched by an increase in "health span"—the time living in good health. A long life could mean a long time living with illness and disease so the next chapter in medical advance according to experts is to focus on lifestyle as much as medicine.
And that's what's up today On Science! Live long and prosper
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the 2020 Emmy Nominations
By Mary Anne Butler July 28, 2020 Updated: July 28, 2020 3 Mins Read
It's a strange year, we know this, we accept this, and we welcome the little bits of normalcy that come our way. Like this morning's 2020 Emmy Nominations! Read by Leslie Jones, this year's crop of nods have some pleasant surprises, and some righteous recognition.
Here are the nominations for the main categories:
Outstanding lead actor in a limited series or TV movie
Jeremy Irons ("Watchmen")
Hugh Jackman ("Bad Education")
Paul Mescal ("Normal People")
Jeremy Pope ("Hollywood")
Mark Ruffalo ("I Know This Much Is True")
Outstanding lead actress in a limited series or TV movie
Cate Blanchett ("Mrs. America")
Shira Haas ("Unorthodox")
Regina King ("Watchmen")
Octavia Spencer ("Self Made")
Kerry Washington ("Little Fires Everywhere")
Outstanding lead actor in a comedy series
Anthony Anderson ("Black-ish")
Don Cheadle ("Black Monday")
Ted Danson ("The Good Place")
Michael Douglas ("The Kominsky Method")
Eugene Levy ("Schitt's Creek")
Ramy Youssef ("Ramy")
Outstanding lead actress in a comedy series
Christina Applegate ("Dead to Me")
Rachel Brosnahan ("The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel")
Linda Cardellini ("Dead to Me")
Catherine O'Hara ("Schitt's Creek")
Issa Rae ("Insecure")
Tracee Ellis Ross ("Black-ish")
Outstanding lead actor in a drama series
Jason Bateman ("Ozark")
Sterling K. Brown ("This Is Us")
Steve Carell ("The Morning Show")
Brian Cox ("Succession")
Billy Porter ("Pose")
Jeremy Strong ("Succession")
Outstanding lead actress in a drama series
Jennifer Aniston ("The Morning Show")
Olivia Colman ("The Crown")
Jodie Comer ("Killing Eve")
Laura Linney ("Ozark")
Sandra Oh ("Killing Eve")
Zendaya ("Euphoria")
Outstanding reality/competition series
Outstanding variety talk series
"Daily Show with Trevor Noah"
Outstanding limited Series
"Mrs. America"
Outstanding comedy series
"The Kominsky Method"
Outstanding drama series
You can of course read the entire nominees list on the official Emmys website here.
"Watchmen" leads with 26 nominations, "The Mandalorian" has an impressive 16 nominations including Best Drama, Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance, Production Design for Narrative Program (half-hour), Cinematography for Single Camera (half hour), Fantasy/sci-fi costumes, 3 single-camera Picture editing for a drama series, Prosthetic make-up, music composition, a guest actor in a drama series nod for Giancarlo Esposito, 2 sound-editing in a comedy/drama half hour series, outstanding special vfx, and stunt coordination for a drama series, limited series or movie.
The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony will be held on September 20th, 2020 and broadcast by ABC, and will be hosted once again by Jimmy Kimmel. The Creative Arts Emmy Awards will take place on September 12th and 13th.
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Q: Migrating google app script web app to progressive web app? I have a working google app script web app and trying to migrate it as a progressive web app. I googled but found no documents on how to do it.
I found a link describing how to migrate a web app into a progressive one in the fallowing link (on the google site):
Migrate Your Site to Progressive Web App
I started applying the steps but, when it comes to change the default manifest file (appsscript.json) I got an error like "Invalid manifest:unknown property name".
The original manifest content was :
{
    "timeZone": "Europe/Istanbul",
    "dependencies": {
    },
    "webapp": {
        "access": "MYSELF",
        "executeAs": "USER_DEPLOYING"
    },
    "exceptionLogging": "STACKDRIVER"
}

The lines I added were as the above link dictates:
"name": "The Most Awesome Dragon Site",
"short_name": "MYFIRSTPWA",
"display": "minimal-ui",
"start_url": "/",
"theme_color": "#673ab6",
"background_color": "#111111",
"icons": [
    {
        "src": "icon-192.png",
        "sizes": "192x192",
        "type": "image/png"
    }
]

When i check the info about google manifest file content there were no property names like name, short_name, display, start_url etc. (see the link bellow)
Manifests
So does this mean a google app scripts web app can not be migrated to a progressive web app?
İf possible , where to find info on how to?
Thank you.

A: These two manifests are very different and perform different functions.
Apps Script Manifest - appsscript.json

An Apps Script project manifest is a special JSON file that specifies a basic project information that Apps Script needs to run the script successfully.

This file tells Google infrastructure how it should configure and run your script.
PWA Manifest - manifest.json

This manifest file describes meta information about a site, such as how it might look when added to a user's home screen.

This is a JSON file that your HTML links to and user's browsers will download. It's similar to how you would make and serve HTML but it's different content.

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There are many different diamond cuts to choose from, so I'll tell you the most important points for each one. The round brilliant cut is the most popular cut for engagement rings, and I think you can see why; it's because it gives a nice shape on the hand, and it has an awful lot of brilliance as well, thanks to its 57 facets.
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One day I was in my house just chilling and suddenly as the door slammed,I knew there was trouble.As I went over to the door there was aliens but very unusual aliens.As in really funny one was eating his feet they call them selfs Ogbog and Ogborg."Get your feet out your mouth! shouts Ogbog.I ask them where did they come from they play smart and said somewhere.They tell me about themselves they are from Bordorclock a small planet like myself to be honest.I just can't stop laughing at Ogborg he has his feet in his mouth again."GET YOUR FEET OUT OF YOUR MOUTH Ogbog shouts.
Hi Adam I like your story! Aliens ? cool story Adam I like the bit when he says Get your feet out of your mouth! This is a amazing story Adam I hope you get a showcase ?
Why does Ogborg have this feet-thing? This reminds me of Monster's Inc. Where do you get your ideas from?
A really unique story! This is a really good piece of sci-fi writing, especially around the time that films like Star Wars are coming out. I really like Star Wars and the way they incorporate all of the funny creatures, just as you described yours. Often overlooked, comedy is crucial to a good sci-fi plot as it builds a lot of repour with the audience – so really well done on that! I like the way that you make use of quotation marks. It is really effective. I also really like how you end the piece with capital letters, really bringing the piece out. Keep up the good work!
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Angelina Jolie's 16-carat engagement ring from Brad Pitt cost $500,000. Angelina Jolie has been coupled up with Brad Pitt since 2005, and they've been engaged since 2012. The couple shocked everyone with a top-secret wedding in France on Aug. 24, 2014, in Correns, where they own an estate. Brad designed Angie's gorgeous ring himself.
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Kim Kardashian's 15-carat engagement ring from Kanye West is rumored to cost $8 million.
Mariah Carey's 35-carat engagement ring from James Packer cost $10 million.